§ EARL DE LA WARRsaid, he was about to put a Question to the Under Secretary of State for War on one or two points in connection with the Autumn Manœuvres, and he ventured to think that it would be a great convenience to military men and the public if the noble Marquess could give him the information for which he was about to ask. He begged to ask, On what day the 1743 troops would be put in motion, and upon what day the opposing forces would come in contact with one another?
§ THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNEreplied that the Southern Army would be assembled at Blandford on the 17th of August; the Northern Army would be assembled at Pewsey on the 31st; the two Armies would march from Blandford and Pewsey respectively on the 3rd of September. The Manœuvres would commence on that day, and continue until the 12th, when the march past would occur. He could not go so far as to say when, to use the expression of the noble and gallant Lord, the two Armies would come in contact.